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500 kg of cannabis seized in Paris municipal building

Xinhua, November 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Customs officials seized 500 kg of cannabis in a truck in the premises of Saint-Denis city hall in the northern Paris suburbs, local media reported on Friday.

The truck, which arrived from Spain, was stopped Thursday night while it was entering the municipal centre, according to the report.

Two municipal employees in addition to the truck driver and that of the car which guided the convoy were arrested, it added. Endit